Word: points
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...course of West Point history has been admirably recounted in the following story written for the Crimson by Cadet P. H. Lash II of The Pointer staff...
...West Point, the locality, was well known as a site of extreme importance long before West Point, the Military Academy replaced with its buildings of instruction the forts and bastions of defense. The name West Point was first brought before the public eye when, in 1776, the realization came both to the Colonists and to the British Chief Staff that a strategical control of the Hudson was a necessity. Should loyal New England sons hold this tiny plateau, the Colonies would not be out in two; should Britain force this key point, she might easily reduce the two parts...
...West Point in the Revolution...
...General Arnold took command of West Point at his own request. The story of his treachery is too well known to be repeated. An interesting sequel however tells of Confrere Andre's storage in a dungeon of the Fort these after his capture...
...Washington suggested that Congress authorized the establishment of an Engineer's School at West Point. For various reasons, the actual establishment did not take place until 1802. That is the birthday of the Military Academy...